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- From: Chris Lilley <chris@w3.org>
- To: abrahams@acm.org
- Date: Tue, 25 May 1999 14:18:09 +0200
abrahams@acm.org wrote:
>
> The core syntax of CSS2 (Sec. 4.1.1 of the spec) specifies that the
> selector in a ruleset is optional. The syntax in Appendix D says the
> same thing, but more elaborately. Can anyone explain the rationale
> behind making the selector optional, or what the effect is of a ruleset
> without a selector?
These two rules are identical in effect, one has no selector:
* { font-family: Garamond }
{ font-family: Garamond }
Think of the selector as a filter, that screens out non-matching
elements. If there is no selector, all elements are matched.
--
Chris
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